A salesman has admitted swindling a window company by claiming commission on ghost deals which never happened.
Anthony Ambrose also defrauded a woman who he befriended and fleeced for thousands of pounds during their relationship.
Ambrose, aged 53, of Abbeyford Road, Okehampton, pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud when he appeared at Exeter Crown Court.
He was due to stand trial but changed his plea after Judge Francis Gilbert, QC, gave an indication that his likely sentence would fall into the range where it cold be suspended.
He released him on bail pending sentence next month and ordered a probation report.
Ambrose admitted obtaining £1,687 from Anglian Windows and around £5,000 from a woman who lived in Devon, of which £3,500 has been repaid.
He submitted a basis of plea in which he claimed he never intended the window company to suffer a loss. He says all the money would have been clawed back when the bogus sales were cancelled.
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